Snoop Dogg settles with a session musician, Diddy's trial nears an end, Jay-Z's extortion lawsuit is dismissed and more in this music law news recap.

Snoop Dogg settled a copyright lawsuit brought by a session musician who said the rapper used his backing tracks on the album "BODR" without licenses.

It has officially been announced that a star from the hit show "Outer Banks" has been cast as Snoop Dogg in the rapper's official biopic.